Posted on Mar 2, 2022
Portland mayor fires police officer who leaked false allegations against Commissioner Jo Ann...
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Police should not be releasing information to the press. That's the job of the departmental spokesperson. This is just one reason for that.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On March 3, 2021, a 46-year-old white woman called 911 to report a car crash. She told the dispatcher she was confident that Hardesty had rear-ended her vehicle at an intersection in Southeast Portland and then fled the scene. The woman was wrong about the identity of the other driver. Police quickly identified the suspect as a woman from Vancouver, Washington.
But, by that point, the false allegation against Hardesty had already been leaked to the media and published by news outlets, including The Oregonian/OregonLive.
The Feb. 28 letter, signed by Wheeler and Lovell, spelled out the results of the internal affairs investigation, including that Hunzeker sent a text message to Oregonian reporter Maxine Bernstein soon after being made aware of the rumored hit-and-run."...
..."On March 3, 2021, a 46-year-old white woman called 911 to report a car crash. She told the dispatcher she was confident that Hardesty had rear-ended her vehicle at an intersection in Southeast Portland and then fled the scene. The woman was wrong about the identity of the other driver. Police quickly identified the suspect as a woman from Vancouver, Washington.
But, by that point, the false allegation against Hardesty had already been leaked to the media and published by news outlets, including The Oregonian/OregonLive.
The Feb. 28 letter, signed by Wheeler and Lovell, spelled out the results of the internal affairs investigation, including that Hunzeker sent a text message to Oregonian reporter Maxine Bernstein soon after being made aware of the rumored hit-and-run."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Bravo Zulu to the Mayor, Hold Police to a Higher Standard as they Should be!
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The problem with unverified or false allegations being made public is once they are made a retraction can be made but there will always be people who continue to believe it. The damage done to one's reputation can't be completely undone. It is time for those that label themselves as news organizations to report only verified facts and stay away from rumor and opinion. A clearly biased organization should be labeled as entertainment. I remember when an article on Duffelblog was referenced as though it weren't satire.
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